Aging GracefullyThe human survival instinct prods us to outlast afflictions and, if circumstances permit, to reach old age. Nothing, of course, could be more quintessentially natural than aging. Physician Andrew Weil gives his views on healthy longevity in which older people come to accept the challenges and discover the rewards of aging, plus a look at Okinawa home to the highest percentage on earth of people who live to be 100. [more]Hear free excerpt

Brain Surgeon's JourneyAn American pediatric brain surgeon describes his remarkable recent journey to Africa, where he volunteered to perform highly specialized operations on poor children in Uganda, and also met inspiring medical local colleagues. [more]Hear free excerpt

Inner Calm for HealthHarvard Medical School Professor Herbert Benson, MD pioneering work on the Relaxation Response has helped millions of people learn a simple meditative technique to reduce the harmful effects of stress. [more]Hear free excerpt

Living Fully With IllnessThe power of a patient’s self-reflection as a tool for coping with illness is explored by a nurse scientist who has studied meditation as a health technique, and by a cancer survivor who teaches other patients about the value of therapeutic writing in expressing their inward feelings. [more]Hear free excerpt

Managing PainNear Portland, Maine, people afflicted with chronic pain from medical conditions support each other in a group where attenders who are discouraged learn to take an active role in their life, and to see themselves not as a patient but as a complete person. [more]Hear free excerpt

The Vegetable Chronicles(Funded by the National Cancer Institute)
The American Cancer Society now recommends you ‘choose most of the foods you eat from plant sources.’ Listen to the evidence that convinced top health authorities. Discover delicious ways of eating in parts of Italy and rural China that give dramatic health benefits. Also, chefs tell their shortcuts for healthy, scrumptious eating. Finally, test and increase your knowledge of food and health on our fun quiz show with cartoonist Scott Adams, comedian Paula Poundstone and musician Richy Havens. [more]